Not meaning any disrespect as the balvenie is a nightly capper, I had this port Ellen today and it was great. Lithe, focused, slight sweetness in the midst of the austerity, amazing grace. Not wanting too much of a good thing, I though about a second dram of the PE but decided against it and went with my nightly this week. While normally quite acceptable, the balvenie in comparison felt jagged and overstuffed with oak, like it was trying of hard. Too bad about the price of PE nowadays....it would be nice to have had a chance to stock up.